Emotional Life as Influence on Work Satisfaction

Emotional life is seen as an important indicator for wellbeing and for life success (personal and professional). It is important to identify the emotional resources which could be connected to work satisfaction. The study intends to figure out a relationship between the emotional life represented by emotional intelligence, emotional wellbeing, positive and negative affectivity and emotional regulation, on the one hand, and the work satisfaction on the other hand. The research is done on sample of 575 subjects, teachers, with different ages, and belonging both to rural and urban area. The instruments used were The Work Satisfaction Questionnaire (Constantin, 2004), The 33-items questionnaire for measurement of the emotional intelligence (Schutte et all), PANAS, Negative Mood Regulation Scale, FFPI, Emotional Wellbeing Scale, Psychological Flourishing Scale. The results show an image regarding the relationships between the dimensions of emotional life and work satisfaction, trying to figuring out a specific possible intervention in order to enhance the work satisfaction. (c) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.